John Varga, Ellie Cook - Yesterday 10:00 am
The explosion on Kerch Bridge, linking Russia to Crimea, may have been influenced by a "wave" spotted just before the bridge was engulfed in flames, unverified social media footage suggests. Three people were killed in the early hours of Saturday morning after a truck exploded on the key supply route, Russia's Investigative Committee said following the blast.
"They are believed to be passengers of a car that was
near the truck that exploded. The bodies of two victims, a man and a woman,
have already been recovered from the water and their identities are being
established," the committee said in a statement.
The investigators have also established the details of the truck and its owner, registered in Russia's southern Krasnodar region, and begun searching his place of residence, it added.
Ukraine's media reported an explosion on the bridge early this morning at 6am, while Russia's RIA state news agency said a fuel tank was on fire.
It is a vital supply route for Russia's southern army in
Ukraine, which has been coming under increasing pressure from a Ukrainian
counteroffensive in recent weeks.
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